For Patients in Emergency Department Decision-making Tool may Help Rule Out Brain Hemorrhage: Study

A simple clinical decision rule that may help doctors identify patients with headache in the emergency department who have subarachnoid hemorrhage (bleeding in a certain area of the brain) was developed by researchers. The research can be found in the September 25 issue of iJAMA/i. "Headache accounts for approximately 2 percent of all emergency department visits, and subarachnoid hemorrhage is one of the most serious diagnoses, accounting for only 1 percent ...

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